"By bringing together leaders from both the home automation and data networking industries, CONNECTIONS (TM) is a leading venue for anyone interested in the future of home technology. As a leader in the wireless home networking space, we value the opportunites CONNECTIONS (TM) gives us to update industry representatives on our growing membership, product announcements and the next-generation of our SWAP technology."
Ben Manny, Director of Residential Communications, Intel

The Residential Gateway has arrived
OSGi releases Spec 1.0 at CONNECTIONS™ 2000

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Wednesday, May 3
Concurrent Workshops

Tricia Parks, President, Parks Associates, opened the Parks Associates and CABA workshops with an opening overview of the home networking market.

Parks Associates' Connections & Services for the Home: Gateways, Networks, Services, and Applications

Parks Associates packed one year’s worth of consumer data and analysis into a day-long workshop covering home networking (PC- and entertainment-based), broadband Internet access, information appliances, packet-switched telephony, and wired communities. The workshop was opened by Tricia Parks and led by Parks Associates’ analysts, including Hongjun Li, Kurt Scherf, Brian Canny, and Ben Sauter. Special consultant Wayne Caswell (K2Vision)

CABA's Home Networking Challenges and Solutions for the Residential and MDU Markets

CABA's workshop featured practical insights and examples of successful home networking deployments from leading manufacturers, service providers, consultants, builders, and developers. This day-long workshop featured Herman Cardenas (SMART LLC), Peter Goolishian (Land Tejas Development), Alan Hald (FutureOne), William Walker (Wizer Home Systems), Bill Anderton (BroadbandNOW), Craig Bender (Tut Systems Inc.), Henry Pye (JPI Inc.), Boyer Taylor (The Multifamily Consortium), Greg Farmer (BACCSI), Richard Holtz (InfiniSys Inc.), Wayne Caswell (K2Vision), and Dr. Kenneth Wacks (home systems consultant).

The Training Dept.'s Residential Network Technology for the OO’s

Led by Grayson Evans (The Training Dept.), this workshop covered technical and market analysis of the rapidly changing and emerging field of residential networks.

Special OSGi Session

CONNECTIONS™ 2000 was pleased to host members of the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) and serve as the launch point for Version 1.0 of the specification for a multi-service residential gateway. This session included an address from the president of OSGi, John Barr (Motorola), and was moderated by Tricia Parks.

 Keynote Speaker

Jon De Vaan (Microsoft Corp.) formally opened the CONNECTIONS™ plenary sessions by discussing his Company’s role in the Universal Plug and Play initiative and its role in creating the "connected" home.

Thursday, May 4

Welcome and Overview

Officially welcoming over 640 attendees, Ron Zimmer (CABA) and Tricia Parks (Parks Associates) spoke about the rapid growth of the home networking industry, one estimated to grow to nearly $5 billion by the end of 2004.

Session I – Opening Keynote

Mike Moone (Cisco Systems Inc.) discussed his Company’s role in the proliferation of the residential gateway and home networks.

Session II – Advancing the Networked Home

Moderated by Ron Zimmer (CABA) and Tricia Parks (Parks Associates), the panel featured presentations from John Barr (Motorola and OSGi); Glenn Edens (AT&T), Mike Nelson (emWare); and Gary Shapiro (Consumer Electronics Association).

Session IIIA – Technical Requirements for a Gateway

Moderated by David Dern (CABA), this panel featured Ajit Zacharias (Scientific-Atlanta); Steve Raschke (Sage Systems Inc.); John Rossi (Comverge Technologies); and Padmanand Warrier (Texas Instruments).

Session IIIB – Marketing: Moving Products and Services to Consumers

Moderated by Tricia Parks (Parks Associates), this panel featured Doug Fikse (OnQ Technologies Inc.); Dave Martella (RadioShack); David Nash (Intel Corp.); and Janie Tsao (Linksys).

Session IV – The Standards Bearers: Key Issues

Moderated by Kurt Scherf (Parks Associates), this panel featured Salim AbiEzzi (Microsoft Corp); Ben Manny (Intel and Chair of the HomeRF Working Group); Alberto Mantovani (Conexant and President of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance); Darryl Mocek (Sun Microsystems Inc.); Michael Propp (Adaptive Networks Inc.); Paul Reinhardt (Sony and Chairman of the Marketing Working Group for HAVi); Alan Scott (Lucent Technologies, WECA Board Member); and Adam Stein (Broadcom Corp. and Marketing Director for HomePNA).

Session V – Advancing Home Controls: Another Role for the Internet

Moderated by Ron Zimmer (CABA), this panel featured Ryan Ashton (Inari); Herman Cardenas (SMART LLC); Reza Raji (Echelon Corp.); and Gordon Van Zuiden (cyberManor).

Session VI – Real Products for Real People: Sponsor Sessions

This session featured our Platinum sponsors sharing information about their products and services.

Friday, May 5

Session VIIA – Emerging Technologies to Enable Home Networks

Moderated by Gerry Meade (CABA), this panel featured Bob Dillon (Enikia); John Knab (Phonex Broadband); P. Michael Henderson (Conexant); and Adam Stein (Broadcom).

Session VIIB – Marketing Gateways: How Do You Sell a Gateway?

Moderated by Hongjun Li, Director of Research for Parks Associates, this panel featured Mark Dwight (Cisco Systems Inc.); Rolf Johansson (Ericsson); Manu Kaycee (Nokia); Adam Marsh (Coactive Networks); and John Marshall (2Wire Inc.).

Session VIIIA – Worldwide Standards

Moderated by Kenneth Wacks (Home Systems Design), this panel featured Stephen Pattenden (Telemetry Associates); Tim Schoechle (University of Colorado and US WEST); R. Bryan Seal (Mississippi Power); and Steven Ungar (Telcordia Technologies).

Session VIIIB – Applications for Better Living: Making a Network Meaningful

Moderated by Wayne Caswell (K2Vision); this panel featured Eugene van Bergen (Avio Digital); Max Brownstein (Peracom Networks Inc.); Robert Elliott (Whirlpool Corp.); and Richard Bullwinkle (TiVo).

Session IX – A Vision of the Future: What Will the Future Hold for Home Networks and the Consumer?

Moderated by Tricia Parks and Ron Zimmer, this panel featured Michael Greenwood (IBM Pervasive Computing); Christian Jorgensen (Sony Electronic Inc.); Curtis Sasaki (Sun Microsystems); Jason Presement (Nortel Networks) and Mary Walker (Home Director Inc.).

Discussion and Close

Tricia and Ron formally closed CONNECTIONS 2000 and look forward to seeing you next year in Seattle! 

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